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Art in China (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Art in China (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: Oxford History of Art
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China boasts a history of art lasting over 5,000 years and
embracing a huge diversity of forms - objects of jade, lacquer and
porcelain, painted scrolls and fans, sculptures in stone, bronze
and wood, and murals. But this rich tradition has not, until now
been fully appreciated in the West where scholars have focused
attention on the European high arts of painting and sculpture,
downplaying arts more highly prized by the Chinese themselves, such
as calligraphy. Art in China marks a breakthrough in the study of
the subject. Drawing on recent innovative scholarship - and
newly-accessible studies in China itself - Craig Clunas surveys the
full spectrum of the visual arts in China. He ranges from the
Neolithic period to the art scene of the early 21st century,
examining Chinese art in a variety of contexts - as it has been
designed for tombs, commissioned by rulers, displayed in temples,
created by the men and women of the educated elite, and bought and
sold in the marketplace. This updated edition contains expanded
coverage of modern and contemporary art, from the fall of the
empire in 1911 to the growing international interest in the art of
an increasingly confident and booming China.
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